Behavior Quote by Robert Wright Download Open image “Once you the forces that govern behavior,it's harder to blame the behaver” — Robert Wright ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behavior Blame Force Habits Harder
Blaming our behavior on forces outside ourselves is a way of avoiding responsibility. — James Redfield Copy Share Image
Blaming something else makes that something else cause; and as that cause takes on power, the individual in the same act loses control and… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
There are absolutely ways to manipulate behavior, because our behavior is endlessly being manipulated by the world around us. — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“because blaming our behavior on forces outside ourselves is a way of avoiding responsibility.” — James Redfield Copy Share Image
“Other-blamers instinctively seek out those willing to be controlled, manipulated, or intimidated. This sets up relationships with submissive people who will not challenge, correct,… — Bandy X Lee Copy Share Image
Most of us fail to appreciate the extent to which our behavior is under situational control, because we prefer to believe that is all… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Yet we act as if simple cause and effect is at work. We push to find the one simple reason things have gone wrong.… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
What influences our behavior, and what our level of responsibility is, are very complex issues. And anytime we try to make this simplistic, we… — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Knowing that we can control our own behaviour makes it more likely that we will. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
We can't always control what happens to us but we CAN control how we react to it — Julie Hernandez Copy Share Image
Your brain may give birth to any technology, but other brains will decide whether the technology thrives. The number of possible technologies is infinite,… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" asked the Christian theologian Tertullian... Having received the revealed thruth via Christ, "we want no curious disputation."… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“A female in a high-MPI species may seek signs of generosity, trustworthiness, and, especially, an enduring commitment to her in particular.” — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“And don’t feel like you’re committing a felony-level violation of Buddhist dogma just because you think of yourself as being a self.” — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“The keen sensitivity with which people detect the flaws of their rivals is one of nature's wonders. It takes a Herculean effort to control… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“realizing you’re not king can be the first step toward getting some real power.” — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them.” — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“They will, on the one hand, have sex with just about anything that moves, given an easy chance, like males in a low-MPI species.… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
Like a lawyer, the human brain wants victory, not truth; and, like a lawyer, it is sometimes more admirable for skill than virtue. — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“It may seem seem cynical to see all religion as basically self-serving, and indeed the idea has been put pithily by a famous cynic.… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
“Brewer said the basic idea is to not fight the urge to, say, smoke a cigarette. That doesn’t mean you succumb to the urge… — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
The vision of the left, full of envy and resentment, takes its worst toll on those at the bottom - whether black or white… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
By making conscious choices in our behavior and where we focus our attention, we can transform our experience of our body, decrease our biological… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
As you begin changing your thinking, start immediately to change your behaviour. Begin to act the part of the person you would like to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I now know that deep within the human concept is something dark, selfish, and completely willing to do whatever is necessary to support the… — Melissa West Copy Share Image
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion… — Burne Hogarth Copy Share Image
You don't put milk in chamomile tea - that's disgusting behavior! That's not right. — Laura Fraser Copy Share Image
The laws of thermodynamics, as empirically determined, express the approximate and probable behavior of systems of a great number of particles, or, more precisely,… — J. Willard Gibbs Copy Share Image
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I think we've told a lot of lies about human behavior through film. — Patricia Arquette Copy Share Image
The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
